Episode
Matt Yglesias on Cancellation, Mamdani, and the AI Panic (Members Only #321)
- Podcast
- The Fifth Column
- Published
- May 22, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1064
- Processing state
not_requested
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fifth-column-1025117/episodes/matt-yglesias-on-cancellation-mamdani-and-the-ai-panic-members-only-321/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fifth-column-1025117/matt-yglesias-on-cancellation-mamdani-and-the-ai-panic-members-only-321.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.wethefifth.com Matthew Yglesias is a liberal policy writer and longtime blogger. He co-founded Vox, now writes the Slow Boring newsletter, and is known for wonky-but-readable takes on housing, economics, Democratic politics, foreign policy, and the abundance agenda. -Matty finally makes it through the firewall -What type of gay is Kmele? -Yglesias says Welch gave him his career -Substack’s right-wi…